Numbers Chapter 17 Continues to Give Accounts on Yet Again Another Complain or Blame

One Of The Easiest Way To Do Is To Complain Non-stop

Worst, is that you complain others by putting the blame against them without even looking at yourself first.

*Learn yet again another practical lesson in this chapter as a continuation from the previous.

“Protest and Confirmation”
“Moses Intervenes”
“New Proof of Aaron’s Greatness”

As for the fire-pans of these sinners against their souls – they shall make them hammered-out sheets as a covering for the Altar; for they offered them before Hashem, so they became holy; they shall be for a sign to the Children of Israel.”
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Elazar the Kohen took the copper fire-pans that the consumed ones had offered and hammered them out as a covering for the Altar,
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as a reminder to the Children of Israel, so that no alien who is not of the offspring of Aaron shall draw near to bring up the smoke of incense before Hashem, that he not be like Korah and his assembly, as Hashem spoke about him through Moses.
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And it was when the assembly gathered against Moses and Aaron, they turned to the Tent of Meeting and behold! the cloud had covered it, and the glory of Hashem appeared.
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Hashem spoke to Moses, saying, “Remove yourselves from among this assembly and I shall destroy them in an instant!” They fell on their faces.
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Moses said to Aaron, “Take the fire-pan and put on it fire from upon the Altar and place incense – and go quickly to the assembly and provide atonement for them, for the fury has gone out from the presence of Hashem; the plague has begun!”
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He stood between the dead and the living, and the plague was checked.
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Hashem spoke to Moses, saying: “Speak to the Children of Israel and take from them one staff for each father’s house, from all their leaders according to their father’s house, twelve staffs; each man’s name shall you inscribe on his staff.
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And the name of Aaron shall you inscribe on the staff of Levi, for there shall be on staff for the head of their fathers’ house.
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It shall be that the man whom I shall choose – his staff will blossom; thus I shall cause to subside from upon Me the complaints of the Children of Israel, which they complain against you.”
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On the next day, Moses came to the Tent of the Testimony and behold! the staff of Aaron of the house of Levi had blossomed; it brought forth a blossom, sprouted a bud and almonds ripened.
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Hashem said to Moses: “Bring back the staff of Aaron before the Testimony as a safekeeping, as a sign for rebellious ones; let their complaints cease from Me that they not die.”
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Moses did as Hashem had commanded him, so he did.
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The Children of Israel said to Moses, saying, “Behold! we perish, we are lost, we are all lost.
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Everyone who approaches closer to the Tabernacle of Hashem will die. Will we ever stop perishing?”
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1 The Lord spoke to Moses saying:
2 Say to Eleazar the son of Aaron the kohen that he should pick up the censers from the burned area (but throw the fire away), because they have become sanctified,
3 the censers of these who sinned at the cost of their lives, and they shall make them into flattened out plates as an overlay for the altar, for they brought them before the Lord, and have [therefore] become sanctified, and they shall be as a reminder for the children of Israel.
4 So Eleazar the kohen took the copper censers which the fire victims had brought, and they hammered them out as an overlay for the altar,
5 as a reminder for the children of Israel, so that no outsider, who is not of the seed of Aaron, shall approach to burn incense before the Lord, so as not to be like Korah and his company, as the Lord spoke regarding him through the hand of Moses.
6 The following day, the entire congregation of Israel complained against Moses and Aaron saying, “You have killed the people of the Lord.”
7 It came to pass while the congregation were assembled against Moses and Aaron, that they turned to the Tent of Meeting, and behold, the cloud had covered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared.
8 Moses and Aaron came to the front of the Tent of Meeting.
9 The Lord spoke to Moses saying:
10 Stand aside from this congregation, and I shall consume them in an instant.” They fell on their faces.
11 Moses said to Aaron, “Take the censer and put fire from the altar top into it and put incense. Then take it quickly to the congregation and atone for them, for wrath has gone forth from the Lord, and the plague has begun.”
12 Aaron took [it], just as Moses had said, and he ran into the midst of the assembly, and behold, the plague had begun among the people. He placed the incense on it and atoned for the people.
13 He stood between the dead and the living, and the plague ceased.
14 The number of dead in the plague was fourteen thousand, seven hundred, besides those who died because of the matter of Korah.
15 Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, and the plague was checked.
16 The Lord spoke to Moses saying:
17 Speak to the children of Israel and take from them a staff for each father’s house from all the chieftains according to their fathers’ houses; [a total of] twelve staffs, and inscribe each man’s name on his staff.
18 Inscribe Aaron’s name on the staff of Levi, for there is [only] one staff for the head of their fathers’ house.
19 You shall place the staffs in the Tent of Meeting before the [Ark of] the Testimony where I commune with you.
20 The staff of the man whom I will choose will blossom, and I will calm down [turning away] from Myself the complaints of the children of Israel which they are complaining against you.
21 Moses spoke to the children of Israel, and all their chieftains gave him a staff for each chieftain according to their fathers’ houses, [a total of] twelve staffs, and Aaron’s staff was amidst their staffs.
22 Moses placed the staffs before the Lord in the Tent of the Testimony.
23 And on the following day Moses came to the Tent of Testimony, and behold, Aaron’s staff for the house of Levi had blossomed! It gave forth blossoms, sprouted buds, and produced ripe almonds.
24 Moses took out all the staffs from before the Lord, to the children of Israel; they saw and they took, each man his staff.
25 The Lord said to Moses: Put Aaron’s staff back in front of the Testimony as a keepsake [and] a sign for rebellious ones. Then their complaints against Me will end and they will not die.
26 Moses did so. He did just as the Lord had commanded him.
27 The children of Israel spoke to Moses saying, “Behold, we are dying, we will perish, we are all lost!
28 Whoever comes the closest to the Mishkan of the Lord dies! Have we been consigned to die?